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The poet and essayist joins a list of laureates that includes Toni Morrison, Samuel Beckett and Bob Dylan. source https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/100000011202377/nobel-prize-literature-poet-anne-carson.html

Russian authorities aren’t saying much about the death of a woman who worked in a lab studying plague. But experts say any risk of contagion would be limited. source https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/world/europe/russia-plague-fears-what-to-know.html

Bryce Vincent Gowryluk used Claude, Anthropic’s A.I. chatbot, to help him chart a course for the top of Crown Mountain, north of Vancouver, British Columbia. Things did not go as planned. source https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/world/canada/canada-bc-hiker-claude-re…

China’s booming artificial intelligence sector has given local researchers good reason to remain in the country, but it has yet to lure overseas scientists despite a government push. source https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/science/china-ai-research-recruitment.html

An incident at a British air base may demonstrate a new era of low-intensity conflict. source https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/world/gig-economy-warfare-fairford-brazil.html

The museum has been struggling to fit ticket holders into the exceptionally popular display, and it’s also up against the constraints of protecting the artwork. source https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/arts/design/bayeux-tapestry-british-museum.html

Neither President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva nor his top challenger, Flávio Bolsonaro, won a majority of votes in the first round, and the race appeared very close. source https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/world/americas/brazil-election-lula-bolsonaro.html

The withdrawal came with unusual speed, following what U.S. officials said were threats of an Iran-based plot against the installation. source https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/us/politics/us-bombers-britain-raf-fairford-iran.html

Biljana Plavsic, a Bosnian Serb, pleaded guilty to one count of crimes against humanity. She later recanted and said she “would do the same again.” source https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/world/europe/biljana-plavsic-dead.html

The United States wants a reactor on the moon by 2030. A Russian-Chinese alliance is working on one for 2036. Some leading scientists say the danger is great. source https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/world/asia/nuclear-reactors-moon.html

The matter threatened to revive tensions over the American military presence on the Japanese archipelago. source https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/world/asia/japan-us-marine-killing-okinawa-woman.html